Courtney Peldon Introduction

Courtney Peldon is an actress who has had recurring roles on various television shows and has had roles in several films. And for some unknown reason, she used to date Crispin Glover. (Think McFly! Think! This girl is 17 years younger than you!)

Courtney Peldon Personal Life

Courtney Peldon was born in New York City, New York to attorney Jeffrey Peldon and college professor Wendy Peldon. Her younger sister Ashley is also an actress. Both she and Ashley became involved in the entertainment industry as child actors.

Peldon graduated from Skidmore College where she majored in Abnormal Psychology and minored in Film. She has started her own line of jewelry called "Charmed Jewelry". Peldon is also an animal rights activist and has several dogs of her own, which she rescued.

Courtney Peldon Career

Peldon is perhaps best known for her three seasons as Jonathan Taylor Thomas's on-screen girlfriend Lauren on Home Improvement, and for her three seasons on Boston Public. She has appeared in many roles on various television shows such as That 70s Show, Entourage, The Pretender, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Renegade and Nash Bridges to name a few.

She also starred on Broadway at the age of 8 in the Gershwin Theatre smash hit Meet Me in St. Louis for the show's entire run in the role of 'Tootie', originated by Margaret O'Brien in the Judy Garland film version.

Courtney also has several film roles to her credit including Angel Heart with Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke, Out on a Limb with Matthew Broderick, Steven Speilberg's Little Giants, indie favorite Skin Walker, National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, Tobe Hooper's Mortuary, the Farrelly brothers' comedy Say It Isn't So. Most recently she was in the science-fiction thriller InAlienable with Walter Koenig and Richard Hatch, the psychological thriller Road to Hell with Michael Pare and she's slated to star in the new film 2001 Maniacs: Beverly Hellbillys alongside Robert Englund and her sister Ashley.